NEW YORK, December 31, 2025, 03:14 PM ET — Regular session
Ford Motor (NYSE: F) shares were down about 0.6% at $13.16 in afternoon trading on Wednesday. The stock has ranged from $13.15 to $13.24, with about 16.5 million shares traded.
The move matters now because the final session of the year often brings light volumes and portfolio rebalancing, which can exaggerate routine price swings.
Thin liquidity — the ease of buying and selling without moving a stock’s price — can sharpen moves in cyclical names like automakers, where sentiment can shift quickly on macro signals and company updates.
A Form 4 — the U.S. securities filing insiders use to disclose changes in ownership — filed on Monday showed Executive Chair William Clay Ford Jr. and director Alexandra Ford English reported gifts and other transfers of Ford Class B stock held through voting trusts. The transactions were dated Dec. 22 and reported at $0 per share, the filings showed.
Investors often scan Form 4 reports for clues on insider sentiment, though gifts and trust-related moves typically have less read-through than open-market buying or selling.
U.S. stocks drifted lower in holiday-thin trading, with markets closed on Thursday for New Year’s Day. “I do not expect that the last few days will have so much bearing on the performance of the next year,” said Giuseppe Sette, co-founder and president of Reflexivity. Reuters
Ford’s decline came alongside other auto names. General Motors was down about 1%, Stellantis slipped about 1.3% and Tesla fell about 0.7%.
Looking ahead, Ford has a clear calendar catalyst: the company said it plans to report fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 financial results on Tuesday, Feb. 10, and expects about $19.5 billion in special items tied to its updated strategy.
That report is expected to set the tone for 2026, with investors focused on guidance, cash generation and how costs and product mix changes are flowing through the business.
On Wall Street, analysts tracked by MarketWatch put Ford’s median 12-month price target at $13.25, with a high of $15 and a low of $11.
